And the winner is... - a photo on Flickriver

The Museum of Transport isn't just interested in the buses themselves - the buses ran with people, from the fitters maintaining them to the passengers who used them. And the 'front of house' people were, and are, the platform staff - conductors, inspectors and drivers. You depend on the driver to take the fare and take you to where you need to go, of course, but what's often forgotten is what has been drummed into drivers for a hundred years - "your primary duty is the safety and comfort of your passengers". You expect to get there safely, and drivers cover tens of thousands of miles a year, in busy traffic, with a large vehicle - and through a little bit of luck and a lot of skill, avoid a single accident.

Bus companies have for many years held driving safety competitions to stimulate interest in excellence - and this photo shows what appears to be the winner of a Greater Manchester Transport competition in the early 1980s, probably when bus 3120 was new.

We really wish we knew who all the people are in this photograph - the back of the print doesn't give us any clues. If you recognise anyone, please comment and let us know! But thanks to our friends we know so far that the driver on the far left is Tony Hulme of Tameside depot; 3rd from left is Colin McCardell from Bury; and we think the driver on the right was named O'Hare.

We have several safe driving award cups and certificates in our museum collection, along with a bus that's identical to the one that's in the background of this picture. If you'd like to know more about the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester and its collection of vintage buses, go to motgm.uk.

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Taken on: January 1, 1985

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